The Irish standard., 1887-01-08

rieS OF oppressive measures dAu uo-
noniacal tyranny. Wherever the
Briton unfurls the flag Of his debauched
nation to the breeze, there can be found
a discontented people with the chains of
either black or white slavery clanking
their direful knell of despotism. Brit
ish subjects invariably wear the look OF
a people whose life-blood is being alb
sorbed by the vampires who are suck
ing away their existence like the can
kerry worm that saps the strength OF the
plant. Notwithstanding ali this, there
has not been blessing conferred upon
suffering humanity for the last i've CEN
turies that England does not ask credit
for. With brazen effrontery she tells
the world that she has made the life OF
her Hindoo subjects a perfect heaven
upon earth. If the extinction of native
industries, the prostration of native en-
terprise, the ruinous condition OF the
moulderjng towns, and the woeful desc
lation of the rural districts, in India,
can be construed into a benefit, she GER
tainly has done so. All these have been
combined with brutal terocitY, san
culinary sel6shness, and the swjnish
proclivities of the Anglo-Saxon race,
and have gone to make the life OF the
native Indian anything but a bed OF
roses. But now these poor people
do not attempt to conceal the fact from
their oppressors that they are tired of
such rule and mean to rid themselves OF
it at the first available opportunity.
But the time is near at hand when
England will have to face thein inevitable
and go to war, or her cowardice will be
paraded before the whole world. Every
day the reports from Europe afford
ample evidence that all the great pow
ers are actively engaged in preparing
for. war. Within six months hostilities
will in all probability begin, and the
countries most likely to participate in
the strife are Russia, Austria, Germany,
France, Turkey and England. 1t is to
England's interest that the Gar should
be prevented from selZing Corstantln-
ople, but how is she going to prevent 1t !?
1t is well known that France has no
love for Germany, and both are watch
ing one another, each fearing that the
other will <'let slip the dogs OF war, y
VIXEN least expected. It is believed
that there is q secret alliance between
Russia and France. and certainly re-
cent development would seem to Justify
The suspicion. However, England can
not possibly escape being mixed up III the
war. and it remains with that country to
prove whether OF not she is entitled to
take her place among the first-rate pow
ers of Europe. 1T she cannot succeed in
working her way out OF and avoiding
the impending struggle, and she is
likely to put forth all her energy TO do
so, she will miss the Irish soldiers who
have come 50 often to her rescue in the
past. It is no secret that the Irish
regiments are not very anxious to do
anything more towards the assistance
of country that has allowed the Irish
raceto be tyrannized over by ruthless
horde oi landlords, and when the time
comes and England is up to the neck in
a European war, we will be greatly mis-
taken if the Connaught Rangers, the
Faugh-a-Ballaghs. and Eighteenth
Royals, the three best regiments in the
British service, do not turn up missing.
no Irishman worthy the name will ever
raise his arm in defense OF cruel Eng
land